If a store-bought costume just won't do for your trick-or-treater, why not just make one from scratch? DIY costumes are the perfect solution to any Halloween stumper. Our viewers gave us plenty of inspiration for this Halloween, and some of the costumes are so simple, you could probably pull them together with stuff you have around the house right now! Submit your own DIY costumes through u local.1. Transformer"We decided to make the Transformer costume because my son, Keaton, Loves Transformers and we (me and my husband) just didn't want to settle on a ordinary costume. We searched for one to buy, but quickly found out there are none out there for sale. My husband is a machinist by day and pretty creative, and I have a side job doing crafts so we felt we could handle it. My husband made a rough draft out of plain cardboard and once it worked properly, went back and made the final product out of foam board. It took my husband a weekend to make it." — Tara Naylor2. Cat Lady"Isabella 'Izzy' is my 6-year-old animal lover, so the cat lady was perfect. I like to make costumes because they are unique and make for great memories. Pride might also be a reason we make our own. The cat lady costume didn’t take long to make. I just fastened some of her stuffed cats onto her bath robe. I found a wig and put some rollers in it and found a pair of glasses... it all came together really well and was easy. It’s our favorite so far. " — Sarah Sheets3. Little Old Lady "A couple weeks before Halloween I realized I didn't have a costume for her and it was too late to purchase any cute ones. (She was turning 1 November 11th, so FIRST Birthday plans overshadowed Halloween planning.) Harper was just beginning to walk and push things around so I thought the 'old lady' walker would be perfect. The walker took the most time, my husband, Jordan, spent maybe an hour on it. The other stuff I just had around the house. " — Charlcie Sutherlan4. Little Old Man"I like to try to be original or unique. When our daughter was younger, I made her first few costumes until she got old enough to tell me what she wanted to be. I grew up with my mom and grandma making most of my costumes and take pride in my DIY craftiness. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I love going all out! I originally wanted all three of my kids to do a theme and match, however I saw the old man costume idea online and knew I had to do it. Our seven-month-old just started to walk surprisingly early so we had to take full advantage of the opportunity. The clothes we already had, so that didn't cost us a thing. The walker took about an hour to make. My husband used electrical conduit, glue, and spray paint from the hardwood store to make it. We had the tennis balls at home already and bought the costume mustaches from Amazon." — Lyndsey Hannan5. Baby Superman ... or perhaps Clark Kent? "His name is Sawyer and he was almost 3-months-old when we did this last year. I decided to make the costume myself because he wasn’t old enough to go trick-or-treating, and he would grow out of a costume I would have to buy anyway. It’s fun putting babies in costumes because they don’t say no. I looked for ideas on Pinterest and came across this idea and decided to roll with it. I had the white button up, the jeans, and the moccasins already so I just had to find a Superman onesie, a red tie and glasses to put it all together. I was able to find the onesie and tie at Target and ran to Party City to find the glasses. When you have a baby it’s a lot of fun putting together fun costumes for Halloween! They are fun memories for everyone to have. And people love how creative they are! They’re only babies for a short time so have fun with it." -Charlisse Gardiner6. Chief Brody and Shark from "Jaws""My husband Matt made this Jaws Orca boat costume for our 7-year-old son Crew. We go to Martha's Vineyard a few times a year. It is our favorite vacation spot. Martha's Vineyard is where they filmed the Jaws movie. My son became obsessed with the movie. He wanted Jaws everything including a Jaws birthday party and cake. He decided he wanted to be Chief Brody for Halloween. We knew we would have to make the costume. Matt got the cardboard from his work, and made a boat that looked like the boat called the Orca on Jaws. He only used cardboard, colored duck tape, paint, toilet paper rolls, suspenders, paper towel rolls, rope and a small plastic pole. It took him about 4 hours total time to finish it." — Erin Hatfield7. "Minecraft" characters"I enjoy being creative, and I love a challenge, so this was the perfect opportunity for both! It only took me 3 days to complete both costumes. I cut and glued hundreds of squares of paper onto cardboard boxes, as well as painted boxes for the bodies! My oldest son is going to be a Rubix Cube and my youngest is going to be a vending machine; and I will be making both costumes (this year)!" — Tina Sullivan8. Robot"My mom always made or helped us make our costumes growing up. We never bought them. I have fond memories of always having awesome costumes and wanted to also do that for my children. I have 3. The oldest is almost 17 and I have always made costumes for them. It has always been super fun to take them out and see the reactions of people. We have often had people stop us and ask if they could take photos of or with the costumes. My son Kai loves robots, his room is full of robots, so it was perfect for him. I had the idea for a while and just kind of collected ideas from other robot costumes that I found online or by looking at photos of robots to get ideas for the buttons and gadgets. I think it took me a couple of days to finish it once I started putting it together." — Jennifer Bucheli

If a store-bought costume just won't do for your trick-or-treater, why not just make one from scratch? DIY costumes are the perfect solution to any Halloween stumper. Our viewers gave us plenty of inspiration for this Halloween, and some of the costumes are so simple, you could probably pull them together with stuff you have around the house right now! Submit your own DIY costumes through u local.

"We decided to make the Transformer costume because my son, Keaton, Loves Transformers and we (me and my husband) just didn't want to settle on a ordinary costume. We searched for one to buy, but quickly found out there are none out there for sale. My husband is a machinist by day and pretty creative, and I have a side job doing crafts so we felt we could handle it. My husband made a rough draft out of plain cardboard and once it worked properly, went back and made the final product out of foam board. It took my husband a weekend to make it." — Tara Naylor

2. Cat Lady

Sarah Sheets

"Isabella 'Izzy' is my 6-year-old animal lover, so the cat lady was perfect. I like to make costumes because they are unique and make for great memories. Pride might also be a reason we make our own. The cat lady costume didn’t take long to make. I just fastened some of her stuffed cats onto her bath robe. I found a wig and put some rollers in it and found a pair of glasses... it all came together really well and was easy. It’s our favorite so far. " — Sarah Sheets

3. Little Old Lady

Charlcie Kilpatrick

"A couple weeks before Halloween I realized I didn't have a costume for her and it was too late to purchase any cute ones. (She was turning 1 November 11th, so FIRST Birthday plans overshadowed Halloween planning.) Harper was just beginning to walk and push things around so I thought the 'old lady' walker would be perfect. The walker took the most time, my husband, Jordan, spent maybe an hour on it. The other stuff I just had around the house. " — Charlcie Sutherlan

4. Little Old Man

Lyndsey Hannan

"I like to try to be original or unique. When our daughter was younger, I made her first few costumes until she got old enough to tell me what she wanted to be. I grew up with my mom and grandma making most of my costumes and take pride in my DIY craftiness. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I love going all out! I originally wanted all three of my kids to do a theme and match, however I saw the old man costume idea online and knew I had to do it. Our seven-month-old just started to walk surprisingly early so we had to take full advantage of the opportunity. The clothes we already had, so that didn't cost us a thing. The walker took about an hour to make. My husband used electrical conduit, glue, and spray paint from the hardwood store to make it. We had the tennis balls at home already and bought the costume mustaches from Amazon." — Lyndsey Hannan

5. Baby Superman ... or perhaps Clark Kent?

Charisse Gardiner

"His name is Sawyer and he was almost 3-months-old when we did this last year. I decided to make the costume myself because he wasn’t old enough to go trick-or-treating, and he would grow out of a costume I would have to buy anyway. It’s fun putting babies in costumes because they don’t say no. I looked for ideas on Pinterest and came across this idea and decided to roll with it. I had the white button up, the jeans, and the moccasins already so I just had to find a Superman onesie, a red tie and glasses to put it all together. I was able to find the onesie and tie at Target and ran to Party City to find the glasses. When you have a baby it’s a lot of fun putting together fun costumes for Halloween! They are fun memories for everyone to have. And people love how creative they are! They’re only babies for a short time so have fun with it." -Charlisse Gardiner

6. Chief Brody and Shark from "Jaws"

Erin Hatfield

"My husband Matt made this Jaws Orca boat costume for our 7-year-old son Crew. We go to Martha's Vineyard a few times a year. It is our favorite vacation spot. Martha's Vineyard is where they filmed the Jaws movie. My son became obsessed with the movie. He wanted Jaws everything including a Jaws birthday party and cake. He decided he wanted to be Chief Brody for Halloween. We knew we would have to make the costume. Matt got the cardboard from his work, and made a boat that looked like the boat called the Orca on Jaws. He only used cardboard, colored duck tape, paint, toilet paper rolls, suspenders, paper towel rolls, rope and a small plastic pole. It took him about 4 hours total time to finish it." — Erin Hatfield

7. "Minecraft" characters

Tina Sullivan

"I enjoy being creative, and I love a challenge, so this was the perfect opportunity for both! It only took me 3 days to complete both costumes. I cut and glued hundreds of squares of paper onto cardboard boxes, as well as painted boxes for the bodies! My oldest son is going to be a Rubix Cube and my youngest is going to be a vending machine; and I will be making both costumes (this year)!" — Tina Sullivan

8. Robot

Jennifer Bucheli

"My mom always made or helped us make our costumes growing up. We never bought them. I have fond memories of always having awesome costumes and wanted to also do that for my children. I have 3. The oldest is almost 17 and I have always made costumes for them. It has always been super fun to take them out and see the reactions of people. We have often had people stop us and ask if they could take photos of or with the costumes. My son Kai loves robots, his room is full of robots, so it was perfect for him. I had the idea for a while and just kind of collected ideas from other robot costumes that I found online or by looking at photos of robots to get ideas for the buttons and gadgets. I think it took me a couple of days to finish it once I started putting it together." — Jennifer Bucheli